Cord holder for sadirons



April 14, 1925;

G. A. HERRON CORD HOLDER FOR SADIRONS Filed Feb. 13, 1925 /Z n It? 4% cam-aw;

Patented Apr. 1- 1925.,

UNITED :STATES P A TENT 'QFFyI CO'RI) HOLDER FOB SADIRONS.

Application filed February 13, 1925.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. I-IERRON, a.

subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of th city of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cord Holders for Sadirons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a cord holder for sadirons, more particularly to an attachment wherein the conducting electric cord is supported so as to prevent the same from dragging over the material to be ironed.

The object of my invention is to construct a support readily applicable to the contact shield of the iron and so constructed that the cord is flexibly supported to allow the free movement of the iron and prevent entanglement of the cord.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of the following description, similar reference symbols refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side view of the attachment. Figure 2 is an edge view of the same. Figure 3 shows the coupling clamp; and Figure 4 shows the application of the holder on a sadiron.

. The cord holder 5 is preferably made of spring steel and is twisted at a point 6 so that the edges are at right angles. The upward portion 7 is bifurcated, as shown, and in order to provide a support for the cord passing through the bifurcation, the metal stamped out of the opening 9 below the V bifurcation, which opening terminates at the point 10, is rolled around the integral portion 11 to form a drumlike cord supporting member 8, the portion stamped out of the end 12- being entirely removed beforehand. The lower portion 13 of the cord holder is perforated at 14 and a portion 15 is cut out from one edge around the perforation to form a sector terminating in stops 19 resting i 4 on the lug 16 which is stamped out from the support clamp 17. The holder 5 is pivoted to the clamp 17, as shown, at 18 and the rocking of the holder is limited by the stops 19 abutting against the lug 16. The clamp 17 is preferably made of the same material as the holder and is bent to encircle the contact shield 20 carried by the iron.

The means of fastening the clamp around the shield comprises a ferrule 21 shaped to Serial No. 9,051.

embrace the ends of the clamp 17, which are shown,-one being longer than the other to allow the ferrule to clear the shorter end 23 when the clamp is to be opened. The end of the longer portion is bent as at 22 to retain the ferrule 21.

In Figure 4 is shown the way of mounting the cord in the holder. The same is doubled on itself and passed through an opening 9. The loop portion is then passed over one of the prongs above the drum 8. The cord leading to the socket is then brought over the drum as shown.

In practice this cord holder has proved to be very eflicient as the resilient nature of the metal employed enables the same to swing sidewise as well as endwise of the sadiron and the pivoted portion enables a free side movement of the cord, which together with the resiliency of the holder provides a free swinging movement which does not in any way hinder the movement of the iron over the material to be pressed.

The present showing embodies one practical form of my invention but it should be understood that many minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as covered by the following claims:

1. In a cord holder for sadirons, a resilient metal band having a portion twisted at right angles, a clamp shaped to engage the contact shield of a sadiron, means to pivot one end of said resilient metal band to said clamp, means to limit the rotation of said resilient band upon said clamp, and means at the other end of said resilient band to en gage the conducting cord.

2. In a cord holder of the class described, a resilient metal band having a portion twisted at right angles, means to pivot the same to the contact shield of a sadiron, a bifurcation at the top end of said metal band, an opening below said bifurcation, and a drumlike portion formed of the metal depressed from said opening upon which the cord is supported.

3. In a cord holder of the class described, a clamp shaped to engage the contact shield of the sadiron, said clamp being formed with projecting ends, means to maintain these ends closed comprising a ferrule slidingly mounted on said ends, a resilient metal band having a portion twisted at right angles pivoted at one end to said clamp, means to limit the rotation of said band upon said clamp comprising a stop depressed from said clamp working against a sector out out 5 from sa-idband; a bifurcation at the opposite end of said band, an opening below said bifurcation formed by cutting out'the metal from said band on three sides, said metal being rolled upon itself to form a drum upon 7 which the cord is Wound.

In testimony whereof, I have v hereunto afiixed my signature, this 28th day of O0- tober, 1924, at

V GEORGE ALI-IERRON.

the city of Ottawa," Canada. 

